I've used the Burger Stuffer a few times and here are my observations:

Upside

They are very well manufactured. The silicone and plastic parts fit together well.

The tapered cup design balances out the stuffing to the burger. The edges are thicker which ended up grilling perfectly with zero “cheese ruptures”.

Easy to clean.

“Not so up” side

I still ended up having to hand seal the edges to get a good closure. Despite the thicker edges noted above, they just didn't mix together in the tool. Then again, no burger stuffer tool I have tried did not require some hand sealing at the end.

Price point – it's a bit pricy for a uni-tasker tool that you might use a handful of times per year

Another thing is the 7 step process required per burger. On one hand, it is entertaining to use in a “playdough fun factory” kind of way. On the other hand it is a bit convoluted compared to just doing it by hand.

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The burgers I made tonight were stuffed with pepper jack cheese and 1 Tablespoon of homemade salsa. I grilled them on my Big Green Egg at 450f using GrillGrates.

I served them with a roasted red pepper mayo (1 Tbsp diced roasted red pepper and ¼ cup mayo).

The flavors were simple and less extravagant than some of the over the top “burger stuffed with Himalayan yak cheese, shaved fennel and sodium free kosher salt” kind of things I've seen. But you know what? It worked.

25 comments:

Sounds delish... and I did not know that this was the new craze among the snooty-class... it seems so dystopian... the rich pretending that they are walking among the commoners with stuffed burgers... yeah, I know, I know, this is SO not the socio-political blog, but I am jus' sayin'...

I love mini burgers! Good idea for a get together instead of big burger! I actually just had a dinner party for 15 and made big burgers and people only ate a few bites because of all the sides I made! Good thinking!

You had me at that top photo... The animation sequence suggests that these might be easier to use than some of those on the market with "many pieces" and that they it would be easier to remove the burgers for final sealing by hand.

Those are good looking hamburgers-would make no difference if they were stuffed, or not. I do like the simplicity of the pepper jack cheese stuffing. Especially, right off the grill...that would be a delicious explosion of flavors.

Chris - I always love how thorough your reviews are and the animated step by step is really cool. I agree with you. It's hard to find room to store one off tools like this one. Additionally, I'm a total wierdo about dealing with raw meat and would rather just wash my hands making hand patties than wash my hands, the tool, and my counter. But then again I tend to be old fashioned and not into high tech at all. LOL!